"Su Zu, we should go to Seoul for a trip back, your body is a little tired, you should take a good rest."

At 11 o'clock in the morning of August 31, just after coming out of Incheon Airport, Su Zu, Zhang Pingqiu, Yu Yaling, Jiang Daheng and others just got on the bus arranged by the organizing committee, Jiang Daheng lay on the side of the window and began to whisper to Su Zu.

"Master Jiang, you're using the public for personal gain, I don't have that much time." Su Zu replied with a smile.

He has a tight schedule now, and the 16th Asian Athletics Championships will start on September 1 for four days of competition, and after the competition, he will almost have to return home.

September 17th was the first time the Grand Prix had been held in the city, and he had to show up early to do some publicity, as well as a few commercials to attend.

"Master Jiang, it's okay for you to go around Incheon, if you want to go to Seoul for a tour, forget it, it's too late." Zhang Pingqiu tilted his head sideways in the seat next to him and said to Jiang Daheng, "We will return to China the next day after the Asian Championships. ”

"Alas, that's a pity, I still want to go see Gyeongbokgung Palace." Jiang Daheng snorted.

Su Zu and Yu Yaling smiled, Jiang Daheng's idea of going abroad to compete as a tour is no one.

Jiang Daheng is a physiotherapist, mainly responsible for Su Zu's muscle massage and relaxation therapy, as long as Su Zu's pre-game and post-game physiotherapy work is completed, the rest of the time is relatively free.

This is also part of his perks as a physiotherapist for the "Su Team", and he often has to follow Su Zu around, but most of the schedule is relatively dense, and it rarely leaves time for people to move around.

"By the way, it's not called Seoul now, it's called Seoul." Zhang Pingqiu suddenly remembered the precautions given by the team before.

At this time, the name of Seoul was still stuck in the old name of Seoul, and Seoul only began to change its name on January 19, 2005, which is a product of the de-sinicization movement. In the past, the team was reminded that the players might be interviewed.

At 12 noon, Su Zu and his entourage arrived at the hotel where the Incheon Organizing Committee had arranged accommodation, and then met Li Zhizhong, who had arrived in Incheon ahead of schedule.

"When you were in Europe, you went out alone?"

In the first sentence of the meeting, Li Zhizhong caught Su Zu and asked about going to Dublin when he was in Europe.

Su Zu turned his head and glanced at Zhang Pingqiu, only to see Zhang Pingqiu shrink his neck and quickly go around to the other side.

"Forget it, you should pay more attention when you travel in the future, you are not as good as before, and you may be recognized by others wherever you go."

Li Zhizhong shook his head, he didn't mean to pursue it exhaustively, waved his hand, and diverted the topic, "By the way, the organizing committee invited you to take the oath on stage tonight as a representative of the athletes." ”

"Huh?!" Su Zu was slightly stunned, "Master, how could this matter come to me." ”

"If you don't go, who is still qualified." Li Zhizhong said as a matter of course.

"No, I mean, can the organizing committee in Incheon agree to this?"

If it was in China, or even in countries such as Japan and Singapore, Su Zu would not ask this question. But in South Korea, he didn't think the Korean organizing committee was so atmospheric.

Let's not talk about football or anything, just ice hockey, short track speed skating, badminton, which are directly in competition with China, and all kinds of black spots don't need to be said.

It is already natural that Sino-Japanese friendship depends on South Korea. There seems to be a potential tacit understanding between several major East Asian countries.

Li Zhizhong laughed, "It was Mr. Karmadi, the president of the Asian Athletics Federation, who strongly requested that only you can represent Asian athletes, you should perform well at night, pay attention, when the time comes, you will face tens of thousands of spectators, and there will be TV broadcasts." ”

Li Zhizhong didn't think about whether Su Zu would have stage fright, a world-class top athlete has attended all kinds of occasions, such a scene is nothing at all.

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Incheon Moon Hak Stadium, also known as Incheon World Cup Stadium or Mark Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium that can be used for many competitions such as track and field, football, and baseball. It opened on February 25, 2002 and was built to prepare for the 2002 World Cup.

At 7 p.m., the Moon Hak Stadium in Incheon is brightly lit.

The entire venue was filled with brilliance, and after the entry of leaders at all levels such as the Republic of Korea and the Asian Athletics Federation, the opening ceremony performance began.

Korean traditional folk dance, the "centipede array" of song and dance performances, and the "Asian aircraft carrier" lined up by performers on the inside and outside appeared one by one.

After an hour-long cultural performance, 1,020 athletes from 45 countries participated in the entrance ceremony for the Asian Championships.

At the stage of athletes' entry, the atmosphere suddenly became warm, and tens of thousands of spectators applauded continuously, especially when the two Koreas wore uniform sportswear and entered hand in hand, and the applause in the entire stadium was like thunder, this rare honeymoon period between South Korea and North Korea.

When the Chinese delegation entered, the atmosphere at the scene was also good, South Korea itself has millions of overseas Chinese, plus many Chinese people who came from China to watch the game, which attracted a lot of cheers.

Su Zu stood at the front of the team, he was not the flag bearer, but many viewers still recognized him. From time to time, someone shouted his name loudly in the audience, and even a bunch of reporters from China, Japan and South Korea kept surrounding Su Zu to take pictures with the movement of the Chinese team.

After Ahn Sang-so, Chairman of the Incheon Organizing Committee and Mayor of Incheon, delivered a speech at the conference, the atmosphere of the audience was the most enthusiastic, and Su Jo stepped onto the rostrum as the athlete representative of the Asian Championships.

The first Asian to run 10 seconds in the 100 meters and 20 seconds in the 200 meters, the Asian sprint record holder, the men's 100 meters and 200 meters double champion at the World Championships, and one of the fastest runners in the world today, in track and field, this is already a superhuman achievement for Asian athletes.

No matter how thoughtful and unconvinced Koreans are, they can't single out an athlete who can compete with them. Just because he came to participate in the Asian Championships, he attracted a large number of Asian track and field enthusiasts to come to watch him compete.

On the rostrum, Kalmaddi, chairman of the Asian Athletics Federation, and Ahn Sang-so, chairman of the Incheon Organizing Committee and mayor of Incheon, shook hands with Su Zu cordially after he took the stage, and gave up the microphone position, walked to the front of the stage, and faced Su Zu.

This was the first time that Su Zu took the stage as an athlete representative, and the moment he stepped on the stage, the Chinese delegation and many spectators at the scene gave warm applause.

Standing on the rostrum, countless eyes of the audience fell on him, and the reporters next to the rostrum circled several times, and the magnesium lights flickered and intertwined.

Su Zu took the oath prepared by the delegation in advance, and began to take the oath in front of Karmadi and Ahn Sang-so, in front of thousands of athletes and tens of thousands of spectators.

On behalf of all athletes, I take the oath that:

Strictly abide by the rules of the game, resolutely obey the referee, respect the opponent, and respect the audience. Compete seriously with full enthusiasm, carry forward the tenacious fighting spirit, win without arrogance, defeat without discouragement, play out the style, the level of the game, and play the best results.

Oath taker: Su Zu

31 August 2005

The oath ends.

South Korean marathon runner Lee Bong-ju and North Korean middle-distance runner Hyun Bong-sil held torches to the applause and cheers of the audience.

The 16th Asian Athletics Championships have begun!